[B-Greek] Blass-Debrunner-Funk
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Tue Aug 16 21:15:03 EDT 2005
On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:28:51 -0700 (PDT) Eric Weiss
<papaweiss1 at yahoo.com> writes:
> I, too, have only had 2 years of Koine Greek and no classical Greek
> (I know I need to remedy
> that!), but I have found BDF to be a useful reference work. Maybe I
> don't know what I don't
> know, but I seem to be able to understand what the sections say
> about forms and word
> usages and word combinations. Using the verse reference chart in the
> back, it has been helpful
> for constructions I have come across. Between that and the one in
> GGBB I can find useful
> information on Greek constructions and word usages. Again, it may be
> that I don't know that I
> really don't understand what I am reading (because I lack a
> Classical Greek education), but it
> was $40 well spent, IMO. Whether I'll get the e-version is another
> question, though. Logos'
> blurb about it in my pop-up window said the retail price would be
> $79.95 and the pre-order price
> $59.95, but then it said something about the average price being
> $55.00. Was that referring to
> the print version, or is Logos saying that when it's released, one
> might be able to find it
> through, e.g., Christian Book Distributors for $55 - in which case,
> why rush to buy it now?
>
> Eric S. Weiss
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I was curious regarding the listing on the Logos site because it's
unusual for the Logos edition to cost more than the print edition (Don't
expect to be able to buy the Logos edition at $55.00 at a later date
unless someone is having a sale). I therefore checked it out. I thought
the $55.00 price must have been a mistake since it seems rather low --
BDAG runs about $100.00 in print and I paid about $90.00 for Robertson.
Borders does list the print edition at $55.00, but it isn't currently
available. I only found one copy used on Addall.com and that was at more
than $55.00. I am willing to spend more for the Logos electronic
edition since they are more searcheable and moving a library of
electronic books is certainly much easier than moving the same titles in
print. Then there is the matter of needing space to store the print
edition. Then there is the matter of not having to worry about spilling
coffee on the e-book. :-)
george
gfsomsel
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